Time in Prison
Or, "Life in The Big House". The prison film has proved to be a popular subject for cinema and many superb titles are represented in this canon of work. Here the human spirit is often shown to thrive in what are generally hostile and oppressive settings. There are the tales of the 'wrongly accused man' protesting his innocence, the 'race against time' thrillers to save the condemned from execution, and the 'prison as hell' where your worst nightmares have come true. There are also the comedies where the familiar prison 'cliches' are parodied, and the science-fiction variants that show the possible shape of things to come...
Now, go directly to jail. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200.
Pictured: Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins in "The Shawshank Redemption".
Prison Break: Season 2 (2006)
7.2/10
Starring: Stacy Keach, Robert Knepper, Wentworth Miller, Amaury Nolasco, Dominic Purcell,...
Michael and co are now on the run, America's most wanted, and with the FBI on their tail, they are prepared to take desperate measures to stay free.... Read more
The Trials of Darryl Hunt (2006)
7.7/10
Director: Ricki Stern, Anne Sundberg
In 1984, copy editor Deborah Sykes was raped and murdered. Three suspects leapt out, but one was settled on very quickly, 19-year-old, black youth, D... Read more
The Road to Guantanamo (2006)
7.5/10
Director: Michael Winterbottom, Mat Whitecross
Starring: Riz Ahmed, Farhad Harun, Waqar Saddiqui, Afran Usman, Shahid Iqbal, Sher Khan
A searing dramatisation of the real-life experiences of three men who set off from Tipton, England, for a wedding in Pakistan in September of 2001. O... Read more
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Let's Go To Prison (2006)
6/10
Director: Bob Odenkirk
Starring: Will Arnett, Dylan Baker, David Koechner, Chi McBride, Michael Shannon, Dax Shep...
Career crim John Lyshitski (Dax Shepard) has a big grudge against the man who has sentenced him to jail so many times and has his revenge all worked o... Read more
Colditz (2005)
6.8/10
Director: Stuart Orme
Starring: James Fox, Tom Hardy, Damian Lewis, Sophia Myles, Jason Priestley, Timothy West,...
While being held prisoner in Germany's Colditz Castle during World War II, an Allied officer (Tom Hardy) attempts a series of daring escapes when he l... Read more
Shakespeare Behind Bars (2005)
7.6/10
Director: Hank Rogerson
At the Luther Luckett Correctional Complex in LaGrange, Kentucky some well-behaved prisoners are taking part in the Shakespeare program. This year, t... Read more
Prison Break: Season 1 (2005)
8.4/10
Director: Various
Starring: Stacy Keach, Robert Knepper, Wentworth Miller, Dominic Purcell, Peter Stormare,...
Taking on a well-used subject as the title suggests, this series provided an astoundingly fresh and entertaining season of television. When Lincoln Sc... Read more
The Exonerated (2005)
6.7/10
Director: Bob Balaban
Starring: Susan Sarandon, Danny Glover, Brian Dennehy, Delroy Lindo, Aidan Quinn
Adapted from the highly acclaimed off-Broadway play, this film tells six true stories of death row inmates proven innocent and released after serving... Read more
Women In Prison Collection (2004)
Director: Jack Hill, Steve Carver, Gerry De Leon
Starring: Margaret Markov, Pam Grier, Lucretia Love, Paul Muller, Daniel Vargas, Judy Brow...
In the 1970s cult filmmaker Roger Corman produced a series of highly successful, groundbreaking 'Women In Prison' movies that hit paydirt on the drive... Read more
In Your Hands (2004)
6.9/10
Director: Annette K Olesen
Starring: Ann Eleonora Jorgensen, Trine Dyrholm, Nicolaj Kopernikus Christiansen, Sonja Ri...
Set in a women's prison, this award-winning film is the 10th feature to be made adhering to the strict rules of the Dogme Manifesto, introduced by Lar... Read more